Southland Surf

Detailed Southland surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Southland. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Southland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Southland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Southland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Southland Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Southland Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Southland coastline are also listed below.

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	Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	15	12	15	14	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	2066	2809	4365	23	3040	296	53	1608	1235	4240	3079	1455	2927	1978	1683	1997	1677	2237	3085	2398	1061	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 1.85	8:38AM 1.87		8:58PM 1.91	9:44AM 1.94		11:19PM 2.31	10:39AM 2.02		10:51PM 2.09		12:44PM 2.11	11:32PM 2.11		1:23PM 2.44	1:37AM 2.45		12:45PM 2.13	2:16AM 2.45		2:40PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16AM 0.43		2:51PM 0.56		3:24AM 0.34	3:53PM 0.47		4:21AM 0.25	4:45PM 0.38		6:29AM 0.28			5:49AM 0.11		7:36PM 0.34	6:35AM 0.08		8:16PM 0.35	8:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	8	10	9	9	10	9	10	11	10	9	10	9	8	10	9	8	11	8	9	12
Low °C	6	6	7	9	6	8	9	8	10	10	8	7	10	6	6	10	5	5	10	6	7	11
Chill °C (?)	7	2	5	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	7	10	7	7	10	6	6	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	12	9	11	9	14	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	16	15	18	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	12	12	12	14	14	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	389	1375	2646	2809	2867	2873	4365	38	3071	1958	2226	163	401	1693	1745	1920	53	1552	1567	5	5	1298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.85				8:38AM 1.87	9:56AM 2.28			8:58PM 1.91	10:21PM 2.25				10:56AM 2.32				11:19PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)					2:16AM 0.43				2:51PM 0.56					3:18AM 0.35				3:53PM 0.47				5:39AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	6	7	9	10	9	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	2	2	2	1	2	3	6	6	7	7	8	8	4	6	7	8	7	9	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	15	-	-	-	12	12	12	18	9	9	8	15	15	8	14	15	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	18	23	-	16	16	-	20	14	18	18	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	-	-	14	14	-	-	16	16	16

	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	-	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	-	11	11	-	-	12
Energy(?)	493	2108	2066	1865	1500	1375	1861	1022	2646	2685	2804	1313	35	1364	1342	1426	0	1274	1274	0	0	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																						9:56AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)															2:10AM 0.43	3:38AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	8	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	7
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	-	-	12	12	-	-	12	12	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12